SkyfireDict

burn up   (TTS Sound)

The noun burnup has 2 senses

• burnup -- (a high-speed motorcycle race on a public road)


• burnup -- (the amount of fuel used up (as in a nuclear reactor))

The verb burn up has 3 senses

• flare, flame up, blaze up, burn up -- (burn brightly; "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity")


• burn off, burn, burn up -- (use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise")


• burn down, burn up, go up -- (burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire; "The hut burned down"; "The mountain of paper went up in flames")